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Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree pushed back hard against major tech companies today, defending the federal government's controversial new legislation amid growing industry opposition. Google, Apple, Meta, and several VPN providers operating in Canada have all publicly opposed the bill, warning that it could force companies to build vulnerabilities into their software. Anandasangaree rejected that...

Valve has quietly restocked the Steam Deck OLED after a three-month inventory drought, but the return comes with serious sticker shock. The company is blaming a global surge in memory and storage costs, with Canadian consumers taking the biggest hit at increases of over 60%. Here's where Canadian pricing stands now—get ready: 512GB OLED: $689...

Correction Notice: False Reports on BYD Executive Statements A previous story published regarding Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer BYD was partially based on inaccurate information originating from an imposter account on X. The executive statements attributed to Stella Li, the specific vehicle launch phases, and the $25,000 Seagull pricing details were entirely fabricated by a parody...

If you woke up Wednesday to a notification on your iPhone saying "Updated Time Zone Information Available," you're not alone and there's nothing wrong with your phone. The notification likely also showed up on your Mac, iPad and Apple TV as well. Apple pushed out an over-the-air time zone update overnight for Canadian users. The...

Google showed up to Parliament Hill this week with a blunt message for the Liberal government. Bill C-22 isn't a modernization of Canadian law enforcement. It's a surveillance regime that goes further than anything in the democratic world, and nobody at Google was even consulted before it was written. Jeanette Patell, Google's director of government...

A senior Apple executive walked into a federal committee hearing this week and said the quiet part out loud. If Bill C-22 passes, companies like Apple won't be able to tell you what the government is making them do to your phone. Erik Neuenschwander has been at Apple for 19 years. He worked on the...

WhatsApp's 26.20.10.72 beta includes the ability to share documents with Meta AI on iOS.

The first episode of After the Whistle with Brendan Hunt and Rebecca Lowe arrives on June 7.

The federal government is defending its controversial surveillance bill after a wave of pushback from tech companies, legal experts, and public fact-checkers. It's now making news headlines in the U.S. as well. In an emailed statement to Bloomberg, the federal government reiterated it "categorically rejects claims that Bill C-22 would enable the surveillance of Canadians...

Dropbox co-founder Drew Houston is stepping down as CEO, handing operational control to Ashraf Alkarmi to guide the company's next AI product era.

Spotify has launched a trial of narrated magazine articles, bringing audio versions of stories from WIRED, Vogue, and Rolling Stone to the app.

Sony announces the June PlayStation Plus monthly games, bringing Grounded, Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, and Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 to subscribers.